Category: Questions and Answers

Joan: “What do you suppose made it tangle like that? Isn’t barbed wire usually tight enough for that not to happen?” Twists in barbed wire are usually caused by wildlife jumping them and catching on the wires with their legs.  The barbs then actually catch on each other and hold themselves in that twisted position. …

Jo – “is that an old osage orange tree?” and Kay – “What kind of tree is that ? Is it alive ?” This tree is an old cottonwood.  It is alive.  There’s a little road that is used occasionally that runs underneath it… it depends on if the gates are open (and cows present)…

Joanne : My question. Is it possibly to give an overview of the life of your calves. From birth do you keep them all or are some sold as calves rather than adult cows. How long do you keep the adults. We are a cow/calf and yearling operation.  That means we calve in late February/March/April. …

Finally, I’m getting to the Q&A’s!!! Carolyn: How did the plastic tags work for weaning Brandon’s calves? I was telling Joe about it yesterday, but have either missed the blog saying how it worked, or you haven’t mentioned it yet 🙂 Carolyn, you didn’t miss a thing!  I had asked Brandon to video his calves and…

I had this finished last night and then lost it when my internet connection faded in and out and in and out…  Let’s try again! Linda: Question that you may have already answered, but I missed it. You posted about that hilarious (sorry bulls) post about those bulls’ equipment getting, uhm, broken. And you’ve also…

Rosemary asked:  How many acres is your ranch? Is all of that useable grazing land? Do you also run cattle on federal land leases? Rosemary, welcome to Red Dirt country!  I guess I haven’t discussed this in a Q&A for a while, so I suppose it’s time.  I understand the thought behind the question… kind…

Kris:  How about an Eden update? I’d love to hear how she’s coming along. Eden is a pistol, and I rarely keep up with her.  She is definitely a gopher hunter, she’s usually covered in red dirt and wet from snow or dew on plants or rain…  She’s quite good at the Paper Plate Training,…

Kay: So with a rare May snowstorm, would the cows and calves be rounded up and moved to shelter and fed hay ? Late spring storms are not unusual in Wyoming.  The cows and calves are out in large pastures with hills and cedars and rocky ridges, all which provide shelter.  It isn’t feasible to…

Let’s go! Della/Joanne/Peg:  (Concerning my doodle shoes)  Do you use a pen, sharpie, what? Most looks way too fine for a typical sharpie, but maybe a fine point?  How long did it take to complete your doodling? I used a fine point sharpie on canvas shoes.  I did it over a series of nights in…

More Q&A because they’re bigger questions…   Irmgard:  For Q&A: I am interested in knowing “all” about your gorgeous dogs! Would like to know how Lucas, Dally, Puppy-Puppy(?), Tuff, Scout are getting along with each other; whether Scout has “nipped” anyone of your family and whether there is The Right new owner in sight (I’d…

Pam: I know you probably think I’m waaaay too sentimental over the cows/calves , but as a city girl, I’m asking,, that one cow that wouldn’t leave the pasture, she eventually gets to be with her calf again at the new place? No.  When calves are weaned, they are weaned.  Many ranchers sell their calves…